Did you know? Luxembourg ranks 7th for it’s English proficiency. This is a result of the EF English Proficiency index and shows how international Luxembourg indeed is. From my point of view this information should be spread around the globe as not many potential candidates are aware about this fact. Many candidates still believe you…

The talents have won!? Paperjam contacted me to share my insights on the current recruitment needs at multinationals. Want to know what I think about the war for talents and how we face it? Click the link to read the article! Thetalentswon?! By the way: I now also have a dedicated finance blog where…

Sell your HR services Take the example of external HR consultants. How are they selling their services? They provide the customer with the (added) value of their services and the customer pays a price for this service. And now, imagine you were an HR consultant. How would you “sell” your service? One possibility would be…

HR Communication and employee’s involvement Regular HR communication: The vision, values, and goals of the company should be regularly communicated to employees, using different communication tools. Bad news is shared while success is celebrated. All employee’s need to be affected by the communication. HR strategies and activities need to be communicated and spread among the…

Traditionally HR, similar to other departments like Finance/ Accounting, Marketing, Compliance or Legal, is branded as a cost centre. All these departments are somehow necessary to keep the business running and support the other departments but they are not considered as driving any direct financial return to a company. The perception that HR and the…

Luxembourg ranks third in the ICC’s Open Markets Index of 2017 In July 2017, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) published a new edition of its Open Markets Index (OMI) study. The study compares the openness to international trade of 75 countries worldwide. There are four main areas of focus which are further divided into…

Companies have to source, hire, on-board, pay, train, manage, reward, retain and lead their employees day by day. Also, there will always be some kind of function fulfilling such kind of activities (even if some of these activities were brought to the line), whatever this function is called nowadays. However, the way these activities are…

According to the recent Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2017 Luxembourg has slipped from 3rd place in 2016 to 7th place in 2017 but still remains in the top ten of the GTCI 2017! Luxembourg is still very good in attracting (2nd) and retaining talents (3rd) and shows a great external (3rd) and internal (5th) openness….

Interviewing and Hiring Process – It’s all about the right candidate. The interview situation is a crucial point in the recruitment process as it might be the first and only personal contact between the candidates and your company. In an ideal world, the interviewing process could look like this: Send the candidate an email with…